Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold

Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by gregwebs on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:54PM (#28907686)

Tahoe is relatively protected from water diversion because it is up high in the mountains: there isn't that much agriculture to divert water for and there isn't a large population either.

The water problems of California are mostly felt in the central valley where the most agriculture is. A much larger lake, Lake Tulare, disappeared from there over 100 years ago due to agriculture, dams, and water diversion.

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by cudgy on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:52PM (#28908396)

The higher up you are the more people down below that want your water. Pretty sure that there are demands on Lake Tahoe as part of the Truckee River and downstream interests.

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by gregwebs on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @10:05AM (#28918203)

How much does that actually effect Tahoe? I Would assume that an alpine outflow is always taking the maximum amount of water that it can regardless of downstream usage. And that it only matters if alterations are made to outflows or if other new diversions are made.

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by genocidicbunny on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:41PM (#28913256)

Tahoe supplies the Truckee river which is part of the water supply for agriculture near Reno and Carson city. So even Tahoe's got demands placed on it.

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